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Add new setting "always-active" The setting determines whether the indicator status is set to "active" when packages are up to date, i.e. whether it is visible and/or can be interacted with. It defaults to true which reflects the previous behavior.
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2 ========================
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4 Description
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5 -----------
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7 The package-update-indicator utility regularly checks for software updates and
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8 notifies the user about available updates using desktop notifications and
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9 either a status notifier icon or a system tray icon.
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11 Build Instructions
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14 package-update-indicator requires a POSIX:2004 compatible operating system, it
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15 has been tested to work on Linux distributions. The following tools and
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16 shared libraries are required to build package-update-indicator:
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18 - GNU make 3.81 or later
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19 - pkg-config
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20 - GNU gettext 0.19 or later
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21 - GNU or BSD install
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22 - GLib version 2.48 or later
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23 - GTK+ version 3.18 or later
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24 - libappindicator 12.10.0 or later
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25 - PackageKit-glib2 0.8.17 or later
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28 - the xsltproc tool from libxml2
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30 Before building package-update-indicator check the commented macros in the
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31 Makefile for any macros you may need to override depending on the used
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32 toolchain and operating system.
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34 By default the "update-command" setting is empty which means users will not be
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35 offered to install updates from a notification or the indicator menu.
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36 Distribution vendors may override this or any other default setting by
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37 installing a vendor override file alongside the schema file. An example for
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38 is distributed with package-update-indicator, see the file
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39 "examples/10_vendor_update_command.gschema.override.example". For details on
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40 how to install a vendor override file see the manual page for
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41 glib-compile-schemas.
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43 By default, all files will be installed under the "/usr/local" directory, a
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44 different installation path prefix can be set via the `prefix` macro. In
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45 addition, a second path prefix can be specified via the `DESTDIR` macro which
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46 will be prepended to any path, incuding the `prefix` macro path prefix. In
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47 contrast to `prefix`, the path specified via the `DESTDIR` macro will only be
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48 prepended to paths during installation and not be used for constructing
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49 internal paths.
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51 The following instructions assume that `make` is GNU make, on some platforms
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52 it may be installed under a different name or a non-default path. In order to
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53 start the build process run `make all`. After a successful build, run `make
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54 install` to install the program, any associated data files and the
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55 documentation.
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57 Previously built binaries, object files, generated data files and
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58 documentation can be removed by running `make clean`, any additional,
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59 generated files which are not removed by the `clean` target can be removed by
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60 running `make clobber`.
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62 Contact
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65 Please send any feedback, translations or bug reports via email to
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66 <guido+pui@berhoerster.name>.
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68 Bug Reports
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71 When sending bug reports, please always mention the exact version of
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72 package-update-indicator with which the issue occurs as well as the version of
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73 the operating system you are using and make sure that you provide sufficient
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74 information to reproduce the issue and include any input, output, any error
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75 messages.
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77 In case of build issues, please also specify the implementations and versions
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78 of the tools and shared libraries used to build the program, in particular the
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79 compiler.
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81 In case of crashes, please generate a stack trace with a suitable debugger
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82 such as gdb, lldb, dbx, or debug after a crash has occurred either by
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83 examining the resulting core file or by running the program from the debugger
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84 and attach it to the bug report. In order to generate a meaningful stack
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85 trace the program as well as any dynamically linked libraries need to be built
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86 with debugging information, see the documentation of the used compiler for the
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87 required compiler flags. If any of the dynamically linked shared libraries do
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88 not contain debugging information, please either install debugging information
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89 for these libraries using mechanisms provided by your operating system or
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90 rebuild the libraries accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of the
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91 debugger for detailed instructions on generating backtraces.
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93 License
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96 Except otherwise noted, all files are Copyright (C) 2018 Guido Berhoerster and
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97 distributed under the following license terms:
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99 Copyright (C) 2018 Guido Berhoerster <guido+pui@berhoerster.name>
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101 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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102 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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103 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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104 without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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105 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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106 permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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107 the following conditions:
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109 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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112 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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113 EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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114 MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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115 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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